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DIVERSITY OF THE LIVING WORLD
Q.No
Question Answer
Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals
1 Growth
are twin characteristics of which character of living
organisms?
Growth, reproduction, ability to sense environment are the
2 True
features of living organisms. (True/False)
3 Who was the Darwin of 20th century? E. Mayr
The biggest spin off of taxonomic studies was the A-Horizontally,
4
recognition of sharing of similarities among living B- Vertically
organisms both ‗A‘ and ‗B‘.
Early man could easily perceive the difference between
5 True
inanimate matter and living organisms. (True/False)
In majority of higher animals and plants, growth and
6 True
reproduction are mutually exclusive events. (True/False)
What is the common method for multiplication among
7 Fragmentation
the fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
There are many
8 Reproduction cannot be taken as defining organisms those cannot
characteristics of living organisms. Why? reproduce.
For unicellular organisms like bacteria, unicellular algae A-Reproduction,
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and Amoeba, ‗A‘ is synonymous with ‗B‘. B- Growth
10 Growth cannot be taken as defining characteristic of living Because non-living
organisms. Why? objects also grow by
accumulation of
materials on surface.
Properties of tissues are not present in the constituent cells
11 True
but arise as a result of interactions among the constituent
cells. (True/False)
The sum total of all chemical reactions occurring in a
12 Metabolism
living body is called?
What is the most obvious and technically complicated Consciousness
13
feature of all living organisms?
The patient is brain-dead and has no self-consciousness. Living
14 Such patients are never come back to normal life. They are
considered living or non- living.
15 ‗A‘ affects reproduction in seasonal breeders, both plants A-Photoperiod
and animals.
In Binomial nomenclature, each name has two components A-Generic name,
16 the ‗A‘ and the ‗B‘. B- Specific epithet
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International Code of
17 What is the full form of ICBN? Botanical
Nomenclature
18 How many species are known and described till now? 1.7-1.8 million
The number and types of organisms present on earth; this Biodiversity
19
refers to as?
For plants, scientific names are based on agreed ICBN
20
principles and criteria, which are provided by?
Both the words in a biological name, when The Latin origin
21
handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in
italics to indicate .
22 Biological names are generally in ‗A‘ language and written A-Latin, B-Italics
in ‗B‘.
All living organisms can be classified into different taxa on the Classification
23
basis of characteristics, this process is called?
According to binomial system, how the first letter of first word Capital and small
24
and first letter of second word in name of an organism are
written respectively?
A variety of Dog
25 What is Alsatians? species or breed.
Systematic
26 The word systematics is derived from the Latin word arrangement of
‗Systema‘ which means? organisms
Taxonomic categories / taxonomic groups are distinct True
27
biological entities and not merely morphological
aggregates. (True/False)
Identification
28 What are basics of taxonomy? Nomenclature
Classification
The earliest classifications were based on the of Uses of economic
29 various organisms. importance
Genus comprises a group of related species which has more True
30
characters in common in comparison to species of other
genera. (True/False)
31 Felidae and Felis represent which taxonomic categories Family, Genus
respectively?
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Write the scientific names of: A- Homo sapiens
(A) Human B- Solanum
32 tuberosum
(B) Potato
(C) Leopard C- Panthera Pardus
33 Solanum, Petunia and Datura are the genera, bolong to which Solanaceae
family?
A group of individual organisms with fundamental Species
34
morphological similarities is called?
Order and other higher taxonomic categories are identified True
35
based on the aggregation of characters. (True/False)
Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds along with mammals Phylum (Chordata)
36
constitute the next higher category called?
As we go higher from species to kingdom then what will They will decrease
37
happen to the number of common characteristics?
The following sequence shows taxonomic categories in A- Family B-
38 ascending order: Kingdom Phylum B Order A Class
Genus Species. What are A and B in this sequence.
Find the odd one from followings: Solanum
39
Chordata, Carnivora, Solanum, Mammalia
Higher the category, greater is the difficulty of determining Because common
40 the relationship to other taxa at the same level. Why? characters are less
Match the column (I & II)
Column I Column II (A) iii
(A) Man (i) Mangifera indica
(B) iv
(B) Housefly (ii) Triticum aestivum
(C) i
41 (C) Mango (iii) Homo sapiens
(D) Wheat (iv) Musca domestica (D) ii
42 Find out the odd one: Sapindales, Anacardiaceae, Poales Anacardiaceae
Identify A & B: A-Poaceae
43 Triticum aestivum Triticum A Poales B B-Monocotyledonae
Angiospermae is a store house of collected plant Herbarium
44
specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on
sheets.
Herbarium serves as quick referral system in taxonomic True
45
studies. (True/False)
Indian Botanical Garden (IBG) and National Botanical Garden IBG-Howrah
46 (NBG) are situated at? NBG-Lucknow
Identification of
47 What is the main purpose of botanical garden? plants
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48 Which taxanomical aid uses living plant forms for studies? Botanical Garden
Name the taxonomical aid which is used for study and Biological Museum
49
reference of both plant and animal specimens.
Name the taxonomical aid where wild animals are kept in Zoological parks
50
protected environments under human care.
Learn about food
51 What is the main aim of zoological parks? habits & behavior of
wild animals
52 In keys, a pair of contrasting characters is called? Couplet
Couplet represents the choice made between two opposite True
53
options This results in acceptance of only one and rejection of
the other. (True/False)
54 Each statement of couplet in the key is called . Lead
Information on any
55 What does monograph contain? one taxon
Which contains the actual account of habitat and distribution Flora
56
of plants of a given area?
Taxonomical aid which is useful in providing information Manuals
57
for identification of names of species found in an area.
A-Manuals
58 Taxonomists prepare and disseminate information through ‗A‘ B-Monographs
and ‗B‘.
The taxonomic studies of various species of plants and
59 animals are useful in agriculture, forestry, industry and in True
general for knowing our bio-resources and their diversity.
(True/False)
60 Who gave two kingdom system ? Carolus Linnaeus
Two kingdom system did not distinguish between the
eukaryotes and prokaryotes, unicellular and multicellular True
61
organisms and photosynthetic (Autotrophs) and non-
photosynthetic (Heterotrophs) organisms. These are
demerits of two kingdom system.(True/False)
A-Trees, B-
62 Aristotle used simple morphological characters to classify Shrubs, C-
plants into A, B and C. Herbs
Though ‗A‘ and ‗B‘ kingdoms have been a constant under all A-Plants B-
different systems, the understanding of what group organisms Animals
63 be included under these kingdoms have been changing the C-Number D-
‗C‘ and ‗D‘ of other kingdom have also been understood Nature
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